•Owners, operators, and product and service providerscanunderstand the drivers ofvariations in building performance, identify efficiency investment opportunities, andproject the likely savings from investments.

•Publicsector actors

cantailor the design and implementation of energy efficiencyprograms and policies to be most effective given local market conditions and trends.

DOE is establishinga foundation that the private sector can build on, through:

•Tools and methodsto analyze actual performance, and

•Standard

definitions and data exchangespecifications

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The goal is anecosystem of interoperableprivateand public data tools

SEEDPlatformInstances

DOE’s BuildingRating Tools

EnergyConsumption

Audits

Equipment &asset info

Operatingcharacteristics

Other Tools & Databases

Basic BuildingInfo

Public records

Commissioningstudies

Tools & Databases

Data Sources

Aggregation Platforms

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Motivation for BEDES

The lack of standard data formats, terms and definitions is asignificant ongoing barrier to realizing the full utility of empiricalinformation about building energy performance.

•Drive a significant volume of data collection through their programs and policies

•Wish to align data formats to ease program reporting and evaluation burdens, facilitatecomparisons between jurisdictions, and make it easier to combine data for other uses.

Building owners and managers

•Make decisions about capital investments or the operation of their buildings

•Better data would lower the cost and effort required to assess savings opportunities inindividual buildings and develop strategies across portfolios

Software developers and project contractors

•Are often ultimately responsible for directly collecting and managing this data

•A common format would decrease the cost and increase the availability of data-drivenproducts and services

Environmental Energy Technologies Division

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Example Use Case:

EnergyEfficiency Investment Decision-making

EE ProgramAdministrators

Projectcontractors

Financiers

Assessors

And send the resultstoEnd Users

Private Software

Portfolio Manager

DOE’s AssetScoring tools

BuildingsPerformanceDatabase

SpreadsheetAnalysis

Who useTools andPlatforms

to conductanalysis

Building ownersand managers

To thePrimary Users

Basic BuildingData

Energy Bills andmeter data

Audits

Models

BMS

Send Data

Building Staff

Utilities

Projectcontractors

Data Providers

BEDES compliant file

Atthese points, data can be transferred between stakeholders usinga BEDES compliantfile format,which will make transfereasier, reducetransaction costs anddecreasethe amount of time required to process data.

The TWG will meet for four in-person meetings and up tothree web-enabled conference calls, as needed.

•Sub-Group Oversight/Integration: The TWG will also direct the work oftwo sub-groups reporting back to them-one focused on residentialbuildings and the other focusing on buildings. Certain aspects of multi-family buildings will likely be covered in the commercial sub-group andother aspects in the residential sub-group.

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Building Sector Sub-Groups of Technical Work Group

•Purpose: Review and provide detailed feedback on BEDES:

•Approach:

–Two Modules: Facility & Equipment Level Data

–Two Sub-Groups for each module with one focusing on residentialissues and the other focusing on commercial issues—for four totalsub-groups.Certain aspects of multi-family buildings will likely becovered in the commercial sub-group and other aspects in theresidential sub-group.

–Each Sub-Group is expected to meet three-to-four

times for eachmodule via web-enabled conference calls

–The Sub-Groups will report back to TWG

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LBNL/BEDES Working Group Process Schedule

Summer/ Fall

2013

Dec

Jan

2014

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

Summer

2014

Finalize Stakeholder

Design, RecruitStakeholders

Kick-Off

Summit

Strategic Working Group

(SWG)

Technical Working Group(TWG)

Residential &Commercial Sector

Sub-Groups (of

the TWG)

Final Summit (TBD)

1

1

2

3

4

Module I:

Building-level data

2

3

4

5

6

7

Module II:

Equipment-level data

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TechnicalWorking Group–

Sub-Group Modules and Topics

Module II:

Equipment Level Data(ELD)

ELD: Residential

Sub-Group

ELD: Commercial

Sub-Group

Module I:

Facility Level Data (FLD)

FLD: Residential

Sub-Group

FLD: Commercial

Sub-Group

January-February

March-June

BEDES sections:

•Building Staff & Tenants

•Building Characteristics and Uses

•Whole Building &Tenant Energy Consumption

BEDES sections:

•Contractor Info, Project Structure & Financials

•Equipment and ECM Characteristics

•Equipment and ECM-Level Energy Consumption

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Contact

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Please sendall

BEDES related communications to:BEDES@RaabAssociates.org

andit will be routed to theappropriate party

If you are participating in a Working Group, please sign-uponlineso that we might send relevant notices:RaabAssociates.org/WebComponents/Forms/Form_BEDES.asp)